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we have never cut government jobs when we were trying to save the economy, until this time. and now that we are finally stumbling back from the depths of recession, we are still trying to cut government jobs. look at this, more than 70,000 government workers were canned when the recession began. the government sent 9,000 government workers home with a final paycheck, good luck, officer, see you around. so chart imitates life. we lionize and celebrate the people who fix the math, and rescue us from fires. we lionize and celebrate them justly as we should. and then in record numbers we can them, hurting them and us as a country. not every public sector worker is going to win the medal of valor like those at the white house today. but there is reason to appreciate them, both in the heroic and in the specific, and in the aggregate, for what they do for us every day. that does it for us, we'll see >>> good thursday morning. right now on "first look" -- the oscar pistorius murder investigation gets even more complex as the lead detective is facing multiple murder charges stemming
we have never cut government jobs when we were trying to save the economy, until this time. and now that we are finally stumbling back from the depths of recession, we are still trying to cut government jobs. look at this, more than 70,000 government workers were canned when the recession began. the government sent 9,000 government workers home with a final paycheck, good luck, officer, see you around. so chart imitates life. we lionize and celebrate the people who fix the math, and rescue us...
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analysts say the reasons are many, china is demanding more and more every day to power their growing economy, just as opec cut their output, and here at home, refineries are shutting down for maintenance as they prepare to switch to a summer blend. then market speculation and a weaker dollar play a role. >> we have to work, we keep coming to work every day. you have to put gas in your car to come to work. >> reporter: 43 cents in a month. >> that was nbc's tom costello. >>> after a weekend, the president and staffers will be back at work this morning, but with only ten days to prevent the automatic spending cuts, one group will be absent. >> reporter: good morning, congress is away all week on recess, now strategists say they will make calls and try to come up with alternative savings. but voters here at the capitol say that is not good enough. president obama is back at the white house after a weekend golfing in florida. but congress is still away on recess, taking a break announced monday. voters in the capitol are upset that they actually went home. >> i would be hard at work. >> reporter
analysts say the reasons are many, china is demanding more and more every day to power their growing economy, just as opec cut their output, and here at home, refineries are shutting down for maintenance as they prepare to switch to a summer blend. then market speculation and a weaker dollar play a role. >> we have to work, we keep coming to work every day. you have to put gas in your car to come to work. >> reporter: 43 cents in a month. >> that was nbc's tom costello....
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> you've heard the big numbers. $1.2 trillion in cults over ten years. $85 billion this year. that's 13% cuts to defense, 9% to everything else. >> we're weeks away from the president's sequester, and the president laid out no plan to eliminate the sequester and the harmful cuts that will come as a result. >> the forced budget cuts were created during the 2011 debt ceiling debacle. they were passed by congress and signed by the white house. worst-case scenario that would be so bad it would force lawmakers to make a deal. now it's become a poisoned pill that the nation may have to swallow beginning march 1st. and if it happens, 70,000 children kicked off head start programs, putting more than 14,000 teaching and staff jobs at risk. fewer inspections for things like horse meat in your burgers, cuts to mental health programs mean almost 400,000 seriously m
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> you've heard the big numbers. $1.2 trillion in cults over ten years. $85 billion this year. that's 13% cuts to defense, 9% to everything else. >> we're weeks away from the president's sequester, and the president laid out no plan to eliminate the sequester and the harmful cuts that will come as a result. >> the...
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. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. wr wr skwi wr. >>> joe carter has this morning's bleacher report. good morning. >> for the past five weeks, when a school earns the right to be number one in college basketball, they lose the ranking in the same week because they lose to a lesser opponent. number one indiana and victor olo oladipo to victory. magic johnson, part of the broadcast team, compared oladipo to michael jordan and dwyane wade. for the first time in 22 years, indiana beats michigan state on the road. >>> boy, oh, boy. joe johnson the hero for the brooklyn nets last night. he hit not one, but two shots to help his team win in overtime again. that three-pointer forced overtime and then back to john in overtime. he nails this shot for the ball game. the nets, 5-0 in overtime. nba best 10-0 in overtime last season. >>> a bet a bar bet started this this drummond, wisconsin. makeshift barstools race in the snow. use anything around the house you can find, attach it to a bar school a
. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. wr wr skwi wr. >>> joe carter has this morning's bleacher report. good morning. >> for the past five weeks, when a school earns the right to be number one in college basketball, they lose the ranking in the same week because they lose to a lesser opponent. number one indiana and victor olo oladipo to victory. magic johnson, part of the broadcast team,...
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they will hurt the economy. they will add 100,000 americans to the unemployment rolls this is not abstract. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> the president criticized republican ideas because they "ask nothing of the wealthiest americans or big corporations." soledad talked with he sign bowles about preventing deep cuts. he will talk about the bill he drew up. >>> massive protests in athens, groes. two unions are holding a general 24-hour strike. protesting something that people in greece have been furious about. a austerity. >>> all right this is a bumper sticker. a tennessee police officer not an ohio state football fan. he accused the buckeye sticker on their bumper with a pot leaf. bonnie and her husband were driving home from a funeral in ohio when they were pulled over. the officer told the woman she needed to scrape the marijuana sticker off her car. after the couple set the officer straight, he let them go without a ticket. >> the stickers that go on all the ohio state buckeye helmets. >> i w
they will hurt the economy. they will add 100,000 americans to the unemployment rolls this is not abstract. the unemployment rate might tick up again. >> the president criticized republican ideas because they "ask nothing of the wealthiest americans or big corporations." soledad talked with he sign bowles about preventing deep cuts. he will talk about the bill he drew up. >>> massive protests in athens, groes. two unions are holding a general 24-hour strike. protesting...
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. >> corrupt politicians and new economy with ex-sottic pees of paper, mortgages, and credit default swaps we bought in and, boom, pop goes the weasel. >> how long has the detroit been run by democrats? is it related? >> i hear that a lot. that's the liberals running it into the ground. but the last republican mayor of detroit went to federal prison for corruption. the three county officials in 1942 went to prison. it's our culture. and one detroit democrat running wall street, not one detroit democrat running hall -- haliburton. we are just corrupt cheaters. >> you grew up in detroit and went to work in los angeles and went back to detroit. when you were growing up your mother's flower shop was fire bombed. >> it sure was. it was called devil's night. an orgy of fire and people burning things up. it was for insurance purposes and getting crack heads out of your neighborhood and when that happened my mom said i'm gone. she turned. >> what is detroit going to do? we featured a tape a little while ago where some of the city leaders said time for a washington bailout. >> no. >> that's p
. >> corrupt politicians and new economy with ex-sottic pees of paper, mortgages, and credit default swaps we bought in and, boom, pop goes the weasel. >> how long has the detroit been run by democrats? is it related? >> i hear that a lot. that's the liberals running it into the ground. but the last republican mayor of detroit went to federal prison for corruption. the three county officials in 1942 went to prison. it's our culture. and one detroit democrat running wall...
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while the markets are climbing the economy not so much. why in the world is that? charles payne brings the pain and the explanation. martha: have you seen this morning? senator john mccain got some pretty tough questions in his home state. >> why bring a 30 million -- >> they're here. >> cut off their welfare and all their stuff and they will go back. >> [inaudible]. [applause] tens of thousands of dollars on their 401(k) to hidden fees. is that what you're looking for, like a hidden fee in your giant mom bag? maybe i have them... oh that's right i don't because i rolled my account over to e-trade where... woah. okay... they don't have hidden fees... hey fern. the junkrawer? why would they... is that my gerbil? you said he moved to a tiny farm. that's it, i'm running away. no, no you can't come! [ male announcer ] e-trade. less for us. more for you. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i don't like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 v-fusion. a full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. but what you taste is the fruit. so even you.
while the markets are climbing the economy not so much. why in the world is that? charles payne brings the pain and the explanation. martha: have you seen this morning? senator john mccain got some pretty tough questions in his home state. >> why bring a 30 million -- >> they're here. >> cut off their welfare and all their stuff and they will go back. >> [inaudible]. [applause] tens of thousands of dollars on their 401(k) to hidden fees. is that what you're looking for,...
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they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. >> brian: he proposed it. did he ever think the idea would work? did he always that i deal would be done? we'll report. you decide. >> steve: then desperate times call for desperate measures. move over, calvin klein. the postal service is getting into the fashion industry. we want to see your designs, your ideas. e-mail us. we'll explain it all in a couple of minutes. you're watching "fox & friends" hour two for wednesday. >> gretchen: good morning, everybody. we're all back on the couch together. >> brian: yes, we are. >> gretchen: after president's day weekend. we have a fox news alert to tell you about because the world is waiting to see if oscar pistorius is granted bail today after being charged with the premeditated murder of his model girlfriend. day two of his hearing underway now. earlier police revealed they did find steroids and needles in his bedroom, but his lawyer says it was not for a banned sub
they will hurt our economy. they will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment rolls. >> brian: he proposed it. did he ever think the idea would work? did he always that i deal would be done? we'll report. you decide. >> steve: then desperate times call for desperate measures. move over, calvin klein. the postal service is getting into the fashion industry. we want to see your designs, your ideas. e-mail us. we'll explain it all in a couple of minutes. you're...
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>> the economy is doing a little bit better. there's a little bit more, the perception of more demand, global prices are rising. we also have this seasonal changeover that usually happens a little later on. you're seeing that move. refineries are going to start shutting down as they move onto the summer blends. this happens every single year. it's happening earlier every year. experts say it's happening at the same time the american economy is starting to slowly heal, and that's enough to really tip it over. and then you'll hear people talk about speculators. always hear people talk about how speculators drive it up a little faster and drive it down a little faster. >> does that mean we don't have the summer price increase we have every year, that it's starting earlier, or also have the additional summer price increase? >> i don't think it's going away any time soon. i think you're going to see it stuck up here at these kinds of levels. >> you're seeing gas above $4 earlier than i've ever seen it in the spring in the new york ci
>> the economy is doing a little bit better. there's a little bit more, the perception of more demand, global prices are rising. we also have this seasonal changeover that usually happens a little later on. you're seeing that move. refineries are going to start shutting down as they move onto the summer blends. this happens every single year. it's happening earlier every year. experts say it's happening at the same time the american economy is starting to slowly heal, and that's enough to...
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i want to point out for florida it is really essential to the economy. keep in mind, florida grows 75% of the orange crop in the u.s. and then 40% of the world's orange juice supply. so certainly this is an area that we need to follow. as we go through the rest of the morning, we'll see numbers climb above freezing by 10:00 a.m. we'll continue to follow that. and zoraida, everybody is wearing purple insteexcept john. >> typically he wears purple. but today he did not. >> i'm sorry i screwed up everyone's plans. i'll try to do better. >>> the country music world in mourning that troubled singer mindy mccready committed suicide. she was found dead in her arkansas home with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. last month, the father of her 10-month-old son died afternoon apparent suicide. she talked about that painful, awful experience weeks ago in her last interview with nbc. >> i have never gone through anything this painful. nor will i ever again. >> michelle turning following developments from los angeles. good morning, michelle. >> good morning, john. a rea
i want to point out for florida it is really essential to the economy. keep in mind, florida grows 75% of the orange crop in the u.s. and then 40% of the world's orange juice supply. so certainly this is an area that we need to follow. as we go through the rest of the morning, we'll see numbers climb above freezing by 10:00 a.m. we'll continue to follow that. and zoraida, everybody is wearing purple insteexcept john. >> typically he wears purple. but today he did not. >> i'm sorry i...
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that's how bad things are with the economy. and president proposed a $50 billion stimulus practice to rebuild highways and tunnels and fix things with no way to pay for it while doing local interviews so it's relatively frustrating. it's also frustrating that linked-in as joined facebook and others not paying any taxes besides record profits. maybe these guys pay a little bit on their profits? >> people look in and see washington and they are talking about a 2.3% cut and the president is talking about how the sky is falling. remember most americans, by a gigantic margin, think we have a spending problem in this country. you say washington is on a spending binge. so going forward, once it hits, and it will his on march 1, how many people are going to actually be sympathetic? >> the amazing thing is the president's approval rating is the highest since 2009. >> that's the cognitive disdense. one of the things, of course, that really affects the economy and how you feel about it, gas prices. have you noticed that they are really hi
that's how bad things are with the economy. and president proposed a $50 billion stimulus practice to rebuild highways and tunnels and fix things with no way to pay for it while doing local interviews so it's relatively frustrating. it's also frustrating that linked-in as joined facebook and others not paying any taxes besides record profits. maybe these guys pay a little bit on their profits? >> people look in and see washington and they are talking about a 2.3% cut and the president is...
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they could bring the economy to its knees. >> exactly. it's pretty funny that the president, time and again, has said, well, we don't fear china's peaceful rise. i mean, china, of course is going to appear -- it's just looking out for china's best interest. when you're as rich as china is today, there is a lot of things you can do beyond just buying real estate in the big apple. >> gretchen: the question that is begged to be asked f china is doing this through their military, is it a good time for us to be cutting back then on our military spending to try and fight off things like this? >> well, no. it's not. and it's another reason why it would be best if all parties, all political parties and all political figures were in town actually gotting the job of putting this economy back together done. i mean, glad everyone is taking breaks and on vacation, but i mean, we got a real problem on our hands. we have several crises about to hit this country all at one time. we have things like the tuition debt bomb with all these kids with student l
they could bring the economy to its knees. >> exactly. it's pretty funny that the president, time and again, has said, well, we don't fear china's peaceful rise. i mean, china, of course is going to appear -- it's just looking out for china's best interest. when you're as rich as china is today, there is a lot of things you can do beyond just buying real estate in the big apple. >> gretchen: the question that is begged to be asked f china is doing this through their military, is it...
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>> it disgusts me because you see the economy the way it's going towards. you have the growth rate at 0.1% growth compared to 3.1% growth in the prior quarter. you have social security tax went up like 4.2% to 6.2%. it's hurting americans and we can't afford this. >> peter: you're making more than glenn, but what are your issues in terms of this 2% and in terms of where we're going with our paychecks? >> you ultimately see it in the bottom line. ultimately i heard the griping from my employees. when they saw it in their paychecks. ultimately what you have is obama and pelosi and the democrats are talking about a middle class and ultimately i see the difference between a government class and a middle class. you have obama golfing with tweeze and nancy pelosi saying it's beneath the dignity of congress to take a pay cut. >> peter: what you're saying is there is a permanent government class that these rules don't apply to. that they live a lifestyle that other folks don't have the capacity for. is that right? >> absolutely. >> steve: spencer, you're the presid
>> it disgusts me because you see the economy the way it's going towards. you have the growth rate at 0.1% growth compared to 3.1% growth in the prior quarter. you have social security tax went up like 4.2% to 6.2%. it's hurting americans and we can't afford this. >> peter: you're making more than glenn, but what are your issues in terms of this 2% and in terms of where we're going with our paychecks? >> you ultimately see it in the bottom line. ultimately i heard the griping...
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sure, let's run up the markets. >> they're looking at the economy and seeing a strong economy. >> and they used to be scared by washington. up next. >> republican's going to be the same think. >> up next, the student loan controversy. business before the bell with brian sullivan. we're going to be right back. none of us would want to be told we can't marry the person we love. that's why a growing majority of americans believe it's time to allow marriage for gay and lesbian couples. laura bush: when couples are committed they ought to have i think the same sort of rights that everyone has. colin powell: allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. dick cheney: freedom means freedom for everyone. barack obama: our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. it's time for marriage. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activate
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one, what does it do to the economy in the long term and short term? most economists now are saying, as bad as the defense industry believes it's going to be, as bad as you could argue it's going to be for some of the poorest people in this country, if you have the discussion we were having during the commercial break about krugman and how much debt you want to have, there is an argument to be made that if you want to start tackling it, tackle it, and the world is not going to stop. there is an argument to be made about that. the question is, when do you want to tackle it? some people would say, start tackling it now. but if you don't want to tackle it now and you want to push it out a year, you know, how much does that really advance the cause? >> you bring up krugman. he says let's not tackle it until 2025. >> he wouldn't tackle it for a very long time. >> is 2025 an option for most of the people that you -- >> probably not. >> probably not? >> the problem is that confidence in the markets doesn't evaporate in years or months. it evaporates in weeks
one, what does it do to the economy in the long term and short term? most economists now are saying, as bad as the defense industry believes it's going to be, as bad as you could argue it's going to be for some of the poorest people in this country, if you have the discussion we were having during the commercial break about krugman and how much debt you want to have, there is an argument to be made that if you want to start tackling it, tackle it, and the world is not going to stop. there is an...
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the economy's upside down down right now. we're in negative growth this last quarter. >> it's really a bad idea right now to do this thing. and also as they were saying, it's deliberately written i guess to make it ridiculous so that you can't say let's take out one of our stupid tank programs we don't need. you can't do that. >> but that doesn't seem to be inspiring action. i mean, i asked what are they -- what's the alternative? i'm sure that they've been working with members of congress to come up with an alternative to this. i didn't -- i hear, oh, there should be one. >> yeah. >> but i don't hear any. >> well, i've got to say," you know, a lot of people, mike barnicle, attacked the president and congress for not working together, but they did come up with a plan that would have been remarkably stupid to an act as a worst-case scenario, and they worked together to create that fail safe plan and they're going to implement it. >> but the part that i don't understand, mike, you talk about the republicans saying, well, this t
the economy's upside down down right now. we're in negative growth this last quarter. >> it's really a bad idea right now to do this thing. and also as they were saying, it's deliberately written i guess to make it ridiculous so that you can't say let's take out one of our stupid tank programs we don't need. you can't do that. >> but that doesn't seem to be inspiring action. i mean, i asked what are they -- what's the alternative? i'm sure that they've been working with members of...
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it's going to slow down the economy. you've got democrats -- you've got the president running around because he only knows how to do one thing, ask for higher taxes. he's leading with the taxes. we've got to raise more taxes. it's the rich, it's the corporations, tax, tax, tax. i thought we had this debate before. democrats don't seem to understand that taxing americans dampens the economy, hurts small businesses, hurts a lot of americans. republicans don't seem to understand that massive unfocused cuts right now are going to slow down the economy and hurt americans, too. >> you seriously have to wonder whether anyone in washington, in the house, in the senate, in the white house, in the administration, republican, democrat, do they ever go outdoors? do they ever see what happens every day to ordinary americans? people who have been getting crushed economically for the past 10 or 15 years are now getting crushed again, doubly so. the payroll tax has been eliminated. have you checked out the price of gasoline over the pas
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economy and focus on pursuing guilty pleas for those who break the law instead of settling for fines and reforms. the lawyers say they're already making changes to their defense strategies. >>> the washingt"washington pos united arab emirates spreading gifts throughout the world. it gave 5 million dollars to build a neonative intensive care hospital in joplin, missouri devastated two years ago. they also donated $1 million to buy laptop computers for the town's students in joplin, among several gifts given by the uae, a country that works to raise its profile as a pro-western country. >> what they've been doing in joplin is amazing. >>> and mississippi has officially ratified the 13th amendment that abolishes slavery. >> that must have been a heck of a clerical error. what's the luck, seriously, that the clerical error would prevent them from ratifying the 13th amendment, could have been the 23rd. >> they ratified it and forget to send it. >> it was passed in 1864 and not formally ratified by mississippi until 1995 making it the last state to do so. the error was apparently noticed b
economy and focus on pursuing guilty pleas for those who break the law instead of settling for fines and reforms. the lawyers say they're already making changes to their defense strategies. >>> the washingt"washington pos united arab emirates spreading gifts throughout the world. it gave 5 million dollars to build a neonative intensive care hospital in joplin, missouri devastated two years ago. they also donated $1 million to buy laptop computers for the town's students in joplin,...